Tour Reviews

History, laneways and Tucked Away Bars Wow! Jay was ABSOLUTELY AMAZING! His level of knowledge was exceptional, with interesting stories at each stop. We got to see parts of the city we would never have found, tucked away bars and historical sites. Totally recommend this tour - ask for Jay when you book!

Perfect way to discover fascinating legends and interesting facs about Melbourne I like the whole concept of the tour. In just 3 hours, I learned so many fascinating legends and interesting facs about Melbourne that I had't discovered during my 5 months of living here. Absolute worth every dollar!

Our tour guide Jay was fantastic - knowledgeable, funny, and incredibly engaging. He created a great atmosphere throughout the tour, and I really enjoyed the selection of hidden bars we visited. He also recommended several other bars that I'm looking forward to checking out another time. Overall, it was a fantastic experience, and I would highly recommend it!

A great experience! A great experience! Lots of fun history of how booze has led this city over it's time, while also being shown great locations for a drink along the way. The guide, Tom, was fun, energetic and knowledgeable. Would highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in history or being the person who can take someone around the city and show them hidden gem locations.

Exploring hidden corners Brilliant way to explore the unknown corners of the city. Jay, our guide, was knowledgeable, informative but, most importantly, entertaining. He filled the night with tales from both the past and present. He took us to three bars that we would never have found and tailored them to suit us. The night was filled with laughter, great vibes and cool cocktails. This tour was a highlight of our trip.

Creepy History Drinking Tour We had the best time with Lenny on our tour yesterday. So many good stories and facts about the dark side of Melbourne. Stopped at 3 awesome bars 🙂

Perfect whiskey and gin experience Wow what a fantastic way to explore some beautiful Melbourne bars and taste delicious whiskeys and gins. Brigitte entertained us and informed us of the history at the same time - her knowledge and passion for the subject was amazing. Would definitely recommend the tour.
Special mention to our "nemesis" tour guide Jay who ran the laneway tour at the same time - that's the next tour on the list.

Hidden gems we never knew existed - Right in our own home city!!! Brigitte was an absolute gem of a guide—knowledgeable, passionate, and clearly loves what she does. As people who consider ourselves pretty familiar with the city, we were genuinely surprised by how many hidden gems we discovered right in our own backyard. Melbourne CBD has so many secret spots we never knew existed. A brilliant way to see the city with fresh eyes—highly recommend for visitors and locals alike! We now have a new appreciation for Gin and Whiskey!

A great afternoon A wonderful evening (even in the rain). 3 fantastic bars that I would never of found. A great group of people. Our guide Jay was brilliant. Great knowledge, well delivered with heaps of weird and wonderful funny stories, he really made the tour the best.

Great afternoon Great afternoon, Jay was a fantastic host

Gin and Whiskey tours...DO IT!! We had a wonderful afternoon with Brigette tge Venetian Voyager she was outstanding, thoughly enjoyed the afternoon with excellent company and great Gins and Whiskeys Brigette definitely knew the best places to go. Would definitely highly recommend for those interested in Gin and Whiskey and a little history along the way. May even look at one of the other tours in the future..great day

Fantastic Tom was great very personable, learnt a lot about the city I’ve grown up in!! Highly recommended

Lots of Fun We had a blast on the tour. Tess was very informative and the bars were very cool.
Would Highly recommend this tour to anyone.

Highly recommend Laneway Legends Tour Laneway Legends tour is a must if you’re visiting Melbourne! It was the perfect experience with our tour guide Maria, who was enthusiastic, informative and very lovely on a winter afternoon. A great way to end the tour at the Little Lon Distilling Co. with a tall glass of mulled gin.

Tourist in my own city thanks to Maria! Thank you so much Maria for the most incredible tour! I’m a Melbourne local who went on this tour to explore my own city and have a fun night out, which is exactly what I got. Maria is a natural story teller who had us all captivated and entertained for the entire tour! I learnt so many great facts about the history of Melbourne that I had never heard, despite living here for years. All the bars were fantastic, delicious drinks and great conversation. Maria was awesome to chat to and the whole group were so much fun! Was so great to meet Marco, Brenton, Lydia, Jodie, Tom and others (who I’ve unfortunately forgotten the names of!). I recommend this tour and Maria both so highly, to both tourists and Melbourne locals alike.

Melbourne walking tour Excellent all round. Lovely to all and knowledge of the city

Informative tour with fantastic bars! I would highly recommend this awesome tour!
We met our incredible guide, Jay, at the QVMarkets and it was so much fun from the beginning.
We found this tour informative, entertaining and fabulous bars.
We enjoyed the history experience as well as our incredible Jay.
A very entertaining night, brilliant bar staff and so much fun.
Please book! You won’t be disappointed !

Amazing walking tour, great pubs discovered We had a wonderful time. Jay was our guide who did an amazing job showing us around, explaining the history and making the whole experience a fun time. Amazing bars with great history behind them. Highly recommend.

Fun tour. We really enjoyed this experience. Jay was a great guide, very engaging and made the journey interesting and entertaining. Would defininitely recommend this tour to others.

Great tour, great tastings, great staff!! Loved every minute! Bridgette really knew her stuff and was full of lots of interesting stories and facts about the history of gin and whiskey in Australia. A fantastic selection of tastings and all the staff we met were so welcoming! Would definitely recommend!!

Definitely the drinking tour to book I had an amazing time with Maria on my tour! The bars were unique, cozy, and well selected and I learned a lot about Melbourne's history. Sometimes the tour doesn't stop there either, being a solo traveller and having no plans for the rest of the night, Maria invited me to dinner with herself and a friend, and I got a few more bar recommendations along the way. All in all, the tour was exactly what I was hoping it would be and was absolutely worth doing, especially if you have Maria as a guide!

A spine-chilling time! Had a blast with this tour! Maria did an excellent job taking us through unique locations in the Melbourne CBD and telling creepy, engaging and surprising stories. All the locations were exceptional and fit the vibes of the night very well. Would recommend!

Fantastic Experience! A surprise present for my partner - we loved every minute of the Creepy Tales tour. Jay (aka S-Jay) was knowledgeable, enthusiastic and entertaining. The bars (and cocktails) were also amazing. We highly recommend DHT. We cannot wait to book with Jay again!

Exceptional! Highly recommend! I had such an amazing time on the creepy tales tour. It helped me to view Melbourne in a completely different way. Tess was such a friendly, fun and informative guide. The bars we visited were incredible, with some of the best cocktails I've ever tried. And the banter between Tess and her colleague Jay was truly top notch and really added to the overall experience. What marvellous humans they are. I would 100% recommend this tour!

Newts critique of Jay Jay WAS the tour and Melbourne showed us around Jays vivid imagination. Aside from his historic recall and his amiable disposition, Jays facts and theories filled Melbourne’s inanimate with energy and vibrations of years past. And his choice of bars was perfect.

Great tour of places I would have never been with new friends. Maria our tour guide was very knowledgeable of the history of bars and hotels. She was also friendly and extremely helpful. It was interesting tour that took us to places we did t know despite having travelled to Melbourne on many other occasions. Our group stayed and talked well beyond the set tour time and left feeling like friends.

Great Tour Great tour, Maria was a great guide!

Fabulous double-date adventure! I really enjoyed the face to face storytelling, walking through the streets of Melbourne learning about the history and discovering Melbourne’s awesome bars!
I also really appreciated the First Nations peoples stories.
Tess was a fantastic, engaging tour guide!!!

Thanks Tess! Tess provides an amazing and interesting experience for us all. Great stories, amazing pubs. 100% recommend this one

a fun night out Great evening, thoroughly enjoyed the hidden bars. Maria was an awesome guide and had many tales to share.

Hidden bars creepy tales Had an amazing time. Tour guide was wonderful

Creepy sure, worth it? Absolutely! Tessa was an amazing guide - friendly, knowledgeable and interesting in the people and their stories on the tour.
Small intimate group of people, the stops were perfect - unique, well hidden and interesting. The reservations were made at each stop so no waiting.

Highly recommended Tour guide Jay was fantastic- knowledgeable and an all round good bloke! Sure got my steps in for the day and stayed hydrated Amazing little bars you’d never find on your own and laneways you’d never walk down!

5/5 Great Tour, great stops, Great guide. Jay our tour guide was awesome. Took us through some great spots with some rich history of Melbourne. The bars were great and the stories were so interesting, and spooky.

Fun times Great time. Very interesting tour. Learned a lot plus had a great time at the bars, we stopped at. Great tour guide!

Plenty to see and stories to share Tom took us on a terrific tour of laneways bars and was great fun. Knowledgable, informative and a sense of humour, will tell others it’s a tour well worth doing

Too good to miss. Maria was amazing. Full of interesting and relevant information. She was easy to listen too and engaging. I would recommend tour to anyone. We had the best time and would do it again if back here.

A great way to see the city A really fun way to see a side of Melbourne we didn't know about, and get to visit some really cool bars along the way. Tom was great, and the time allowed at the bars was perfect. The walk is not too taxing and when you finish for the night you can stay at the last bar and continue socialising with those you've met on the tour. I would highly recommend!

Stories, Speakeasies & Street Art With Cocktails My husband and I spent an evening on a walking history tour of Melbourne with our guide Maria, and it turned out to be one of the most fun ways to explore the city. She shared the origins of Melbourne with plenty of personality, led us through colourful artwork tucked into hidden laneways, and AC/DC Lane and Hosier Lane were clear highlights. Along the way she pointed out secret speakeasy locations, walked us through the old red light district, showed historic theatres and an old-school men’s club, and kept the night moving with cocktails at several bars. After the tour they sent us maps and local tips for the rest of our time in Melbourne, which was a really nice touch. Great stories, great walk, great way to see a different side of the city — highly recommend.

Amazing tour with Jay Jay was an amazing tour guide and story teller! Despite living in Melbourne my whole life, I learned so much about the history and visited some cool bars along the way. Couldn’t recommend this enough!

History, cocktails and more! Jay was an awesome tour guide telling tall tales of Melbournes days gone by all the while keeping us thoroughly entertained. Would definitely recommend this walk down history lane.

Best way to spend an afternoon Intimate walking tour with Jay, exploring Melbourne's creepy past and hidden gem bars. Jay was knowledgeable and a lot of fun. We had a fantastic afternoon and I can't wait to do another one!

Laneways Discovery Tour. We thoroughly enjoyed our hidden bars and laneways tour. We saw quirky and interesting parts of our great city that we hadn’t seen before; and enjoyed a drink at a few bars that we would never have found ourselves. The tour was made all the more enjoyable by our personable and knowledgeable tour guide Jay.

Best local tour! Jay is incredibly knowledgeable and charismatic, with a great sense of humor that shines through in his work. It's clear he genuinely loves what he does!.

If you want to know more about Melbourne's laneways and drinking culture, this is it! This is a perfect tour to find out about the history of the Melbourne laneways. Jay was an awesome host and knew his stuff!

Great walking tour with Jay Such a great way to spend the evening. Our guide Jay was incredible, super personable and a great storyteller. We had a small group which I think made the experience nicer, a great energy. Would definitely recommend to family coming to Melbourne.